Saipan: the Ethnology of a War-devastated Island

Spoehr, Alexander (2012). Saipan: the Ethnology of a War-devastated Island (PDF). Whitefish, MT: Literary Licensing. ISBN 978-1-258-49492-6.

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Abstract: Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Preface -- List of Illustrations -- I. Introduction -- The Mariana Islands -- Saipan -- The People of Saipan -- PART I-HISTORICAL ANTECEDENTS OF CONTEMPORARY SAIPAN -- II. Discovery -- III. Conquest -- IV. The Formation of a Hispanicized Chamorro Culture -- V. Resettlement of Saipan -- VI. German Colony -- VII. Japanese Mandate -- VIII. Holocaust -- PART II-POST-WAR SAIPAN -- IX. The Total Community -- X. Local Organization -- XI. Basic Aspects of the Economy -- XII. Political Organization -- XIII. Religion -- XIV. Change, Stability, and the Dependent Society PART III-CHAMORRO FAMILY AND KINSHIP -- XV. Social Significance of the Chamorro Family -- XVI. The Household -- XVII. System of Kinship Terminology -- XVIII. Formation, Functioning, and Dissolution of the Family -- XIX. Kinship Range and Family Status -- XX. Family and Church -- XXI. Conclusion -- PART IV-THE SAIPAN CAROLINIANS -- XXII. The Carolinian Community -- XXIII. Matrilineal Kin Groups -- XXIV. The Household -- XXV. Kinship System -- XXVI. Carolinian Land Tenure -- XXVII. Changing Patterns of Kinship -- Appendix: Population of Saipan (1950) -- Bibliography

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OCLC: 1334720211
DOI: 10.5962/BHL.TITLE.5465
MAG: 573306140
CorpusID: 160293447
OpenAlex: W2503030467